diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index 9da836bbe..65e3ca03f 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@ def test_logxml_changingdir(testdir):
     assert result.ret == 0
     assert testdir.tmpdir.join("a/x.xml").check()
 
+def test_logxml_makedir(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        def test_pass():
+            pass
+    """)
+    result = testdir.runpytest("--junitxml=path/to/results.xml")
+    assert result.ret == 0
+    assert testdir.tmpdir.join("path/to/results.xml").check()
+
 def test_escaped_parametrized_names_xml(testdir):
     testdir.makepyfile("""
         import pytest
diff --git a/testing/test_resultlog.py b/testing/test_resultlog.py
index e4f3faccc..96686d3a2 100644
--- a/testing/test_resultlog.py
+++ b/testing/test_resultlog.py
@@ -180,6 +180,20 @@ def test_generic(testdir, LineMatcher):
         "x *:test_xfail_norun",
     ])
 
+def test_makedir_for_resultlog(testdir, LineMatcher):
+    testdir.plugins.append("resultlog")
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import pytest
+        def test_pass():
+            pass
+    """)
+    testdir.runpytest("--resultlog=path/to/result.log")
+    lines = testdir.tmpdir.join("path/to/result.log").readlines(cr=0)
+    LineMatcher(lines).fnmatch_lines([
+        ". *:test_pass",
+    ])
+
+
 def test_no_resultlog_on_slaves(testdir):
     config = testdir.parseconfig("-p", "resultlog", "--resultlog=resultlog")